The Slave Girl: A Novel"Her graphically detailed pictures of tribal life make the novel memorable."-Chicago Tribune |
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... young wives who helped take care of the king . The courtyard and compound built for his wives were said to be as large as the whole town of Ibuza , and the compound formed by the king's warriors and their families as large as Ibuza and ...
... young wives who helped take care of the king . The courtyard and compound built for his wives were said to be as large as the whole town of Ibuza , and the compound formed by the king's warriors and their families as large as Ibuza and ...
Page 152
... young woman of Ibuza who did not have to carry the soul - killing akpu for a living . Sometimes she went to the stream to fetch some akpu as food , but she did not have to sell it to make ends meet . Palm oil selling was not at all a ...
... young woman of Ibuza who did not have to carry the soul - killing akpu for a living . Sometimes she went to the stream to fetch some akpu as food , but she did not have to sell it to make ends meet . Palm oil selling was not at all a ...
Page 163
... young person of a new breed . He had not disappointed them . Now that he was approaching thirty , when most of his age- group who were farmers already had several children and some of them several wives , he found himself looking for a ...
... young person of a new breed . He had not disappointed them . Now that he was approaching thirty , when most of his age- group who were farmers already had several children and some of them several wives , he found himself looking for a ...
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age-group agidi akpu Amanna Arochukwu Asaba asked baby Bonny bride price brother Okolie brought calabash called canoe cassava charms Chiago child church Clifford cloth cowries dance daughter dead Eke market eyes face farm father felenza felt fetch friends Hausa head heard husband Ibo language Ibuza Ijeoma Jacob Jienuaka kind knew Lagos lappa laughed leave little girl live looked Ma Palagada Ma's market day marry Miss Victoria morning never Nwayinuzo Ogbanje Ojebeta Okolie's Okwuekwu Oda Otu market Otu Onitsha Owerri Owezim oyibo Palagada palm oil palm wine pounded yam realised River Niger round seemed sell sewing sister slave sleeping smiled someone soon stalls stay stopped talking tell things thought told town traders Ukabegwu Umeadi Umuisagba Uteh village voice walked watched wife woman women young